diff --git a/core/tasks/cts.mk b/core/tasks/cts.mk
index ec21a2d..3cc3e73 100644
--- a/core/tasks/cts.mk
+++ b/core/tasks/cts.mk
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 
 
 # ----- Generate the test descriptions for the vm-tests -----
+#  TODO: remove this section once cts-tf replaces cts.
 #
 CORE_VM_TEST_DESC := $(cts_dir)/$(cts_name)/repository/testcases/android.core.vm-tests
 
@@ -122,6 +123,28 @@
 		cts/tools/vm-tests/Android.mk)
 	$(ACP) -fv $(VMTESTS_INTERMEDIATES)/android.core.vm-tests.jar $(PRIVATE_DIR)/repository/testcases/android.core.vm-tests.jar
 
+# ----- Generate the test descriptions for the vm-tests-tf -----
+#
+CORE_VM_TEST_TF_DESC := $(cts_dir)/$(cts_name)/repository/testcases/android.core.vm-tests-tf
+
+VMTESTSTF_INTERMEDIATES :=$(call intermediates-dir-for,EXECUTABLES,vm-tests-tf,1,)
+# core tests only needed to get hold of junit-framework-classes
+CORE_INTERMEDIATES :=$(call intermediates-dir-for,JAVA_LIBRARIES,core,,COMMON)
+JUNIT_INTERMEDIATES :=$(call intermediates-dir-for,JAVA_LIBRARIES,core-junit,,COMMON)
+
+GEN_CLASSPATH := $(CORE_INTERMEDIATES)/classes.jar:$(JUNIT_INTERMEDIATES)/classes.jar:$(VMTESTSTF_INTERMEDIATES)/android.core.vm-tests-tf.jar:$(HOSTTESTLIB_JAR):$(DDMLIB_JAR)
+
+$(CORE_VM_TEST_TF_DESC): PRIVATE_CLASSPATH:=$(GEN_CLASSPATH)
+# Please see big comment above on why this line depends on javalib.jar instead of classes.jar
+$(CORE_VM_TEST_TF_DESC): $(HOST_OUT_JAVA_LIBRARIES)/descGen.jar $(CORE_INTERMEDIATES)/javalib.jar $(JUNIT_INTERMEDIATES)/javalib.jar $(VMTESTSTF_INTERMEDIATES)/android.core.vm-tests-tf.jar $(HOSTTESTLIB_JAR) $(DDMLIB_JAR) $(cts_dir)/all_cts_files_stamp | $(ACP)
+	$(call generate-core-test-description,$(CORE_VM_TEST_TF_DESC),\
+		cts/tests/vm-tests-tf/AndroidManifest.xml,\
+		$(VMTESTSTF_INTERMEDIATES)/android.core.vm-tests-tf.jar,\
+		libcore/expectations,\
+		cts/tools/vm-tests-tf/Android.mk)
+	$(ACP) -fv $(VMTESTSTF_INTERMEDIATES)/android.core.vm-tests-tf.jar $(PRIVATE_DIR)/repository/testcases/android.core.vm-tests-tf.jar
+
+
 # Move app security host-side tests to the repository
 APP_SECURITY_LIB := $(cts_dir)/$(cts_name)/repository/testcases/CtsAppSecurityTests.jar
 
@@ -130,7 +153,7 @@
 
 # Generate the default test plan for User.
 # Usage: buildCts.py <testRoot> <ctsOutputDir> <tempDir> <androidRootDir> <docletPath>
-$(DEFAULT_TEST_PLAN): $(cts_dir)/all_cts_files_stamp $(cts_dir)/all_cts_core_files_stamp $(cts_tools_src_dir)/utils/buildCts.py $(CORE_VM_TEST_DESC) $(APP_SECURITY_LIB) $(HOST_OUT_JAVA_LIBRARIES)/descGen.jar
+$(DEFAULT_TEST_PLAN): $(cts_dir)/all_cts_files_stamp $(cts_dir)/all_cts_core_files_stamp $(cts_tools_src_dir)/utils/buildCts.py $(CORE_VM_TEST_TF_DESC) $(CORE_VM_TEST_DESC) $(APP_SECURITY_LIB) $(HOST_OUT_JAVA_LIBRARIES)/descGen.jar
 	$(hide) $(cts_tools_src_dir)/utils/buildCts.py cts/tests/tests/ $(PRIVATE_DIR) $(TMP_DIR) \
 		$(TOP) $(HOST_OUT_JAVA_LIBRARIES)/descGen.jar